Constitution Amendment Bill

In other news, 5 killed in fresh clashes in Kashmir; home ministry orders security audit of airports

The goods and services tax (GST) bill, passed by both houses of Parliament recently, needs to be ratified by at least 15 state legislature

Lok Sabha clears GST bill as amended by Rajya Sabha; govt to now seek consensus from states, but issues of GST rate and revenue control remain

Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac favours a lower tax rate of 5% for daily necessities, contrasting Arvind Subramanian's projection of 10-12%

Govt aiming to get bill ratified by at least 16 states in the next one month; finance minister Arun Jaitley hints standard tax rate may be higher than 17-19%

Rajya Sabha passes GST bill; government insists it will stick to 1 April 2017 deadline but analysts expect a delay

Rahul Gandhi meets Mallikarjun Kharge, P. Chidambaram and Anand Sharma, among others, to discuss various points regarding the GST bill

Congress is opposing the GST Bill in current form and demanding that a cap on rate to be included the bill

Kamal Nath says party is willing to be flexible in its demand to cap GST rate in the constitution but remains firm on removal of 1% additional levy

NDA willing to tweak constitutional amendment bill to roll out GST, agrees to opposition demand for a debate and discussion on the issue of growing intolerance